Tuesday

Mar 19, 2019 at 11:17 AM

A total of 51 teams from Midlothian ISD competed in the Destination ImagInation competition for the Greater Fort Worth region in late February. Ten of those groups advanced to the state competition, including one team that hopes to defend its global title from the past two years.

Midlothian ISD students, along with 291 teams from 21 districts, collaborated with creativity on Northwest ISD campuses. Awards were given for the highest Instant Challenge score, which counts as 25 percent of their total score, and the teams who received the distinction will advance to the state competition. In most categories, only the first place team advances to state.

The state competition will take place on March 23 in Corpus Christi. Most teams that place top six in their challenge will advance to the final round of DI — the global competition.

"In addition to witnessing their amazing creativity, we get to watch students learn to problem-solve as a team, come out of their shells, take risks, and work hard to achieve goals," said MISD DI coordinator Kim Moss. "Each of these teams has worked incredibly tirelessly on their solutions, and we couldn't be happier for their successes.

Teams that advanced to the state contest included the Broadway Burritos who placed first in fine arts in the global competition last year, as well as the Pickle Unicorns that placed 19th. The Service Ninjas (formerly DI-nomyte DINOS) competed at globals the past two years and placed third in 2017 and seventh in 2018 as well.